Hot Cocoa Anyone?

Today I hope you will join me at the hot cocoa bar, while it has become quite cold outside in my neck of the woods. We might have a snow fall today which will look lovely framing the Christmas decorations Prince Charming decked out our house. 

There is No Place Like A Craft Room

Hello, Darlins! Today I am feeling so excited to share my craft room. Being a creative soul there is no place like a craft room to get your craft on. Angie from Country Chic Cottage (Click the link here to see her Craft Room Tour) invited me to join her and several other bloggers to show you where we create. 

One of the first pieces I built is a desk with plenty of storage. The base is made of two +IKEA USA  Kallax units available for $34.99 plus 8 drawers. The top was found at a thrift store for eight dollars. Score! Click here to see this post.

Another project that brought storage and organization to the craft room is the Ikea computer cabinet seen here that was transformed. (To see the before click here.)

 A girl changes her mind occasionally. This beauty has now moved across the room and I must say I am a happy girl. My first post about this space was quite awhile ago. Do you remember, Dancing In The Craft Room? Click here to see the post. My goodness this has been a long process with still more to finish. Dancing in the Craft Room II  shares more of the journey to my happy place. Click here for the link.

 The lamp was two separate purchases from a thrift store. Click the link here. The change in this beauty came from an inspiration of my friend Deanna who is an amazing artist.

Organization is key to keep your craft room ready for moments of inspiration. These items were purchased at +Michaels Stores and thrift stores. The pop of coral bucket is from Ikea.

Recently I painted my Nana's table and set up my sewing machine with ribbon storage I still need to fill. This table made me an emotional mess as I was painting her now called Nana. Click here for the link. This precious table made a long trip from Brooklyn with my Nana and her three children. My Mom was seven on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. My mom recalled how long it took to arrive in Chicago because the train stopped to pick up the soldiers to report for duty. I created the denim letters too. Click here to see how.

You can never have enough storage. I am still working on the supplies I have not found a good home for yet. My craft room sits in the middle of our basement. Today by changing the location of the craft cabinet I think I like the new arrangement. On my lists of improvements is emptying the space next to my work area to add more storage along with large work space for painting furniture.

 Do you have a craft room? Is there a favorite item in your craft room I am missing? Please share your ideas in the comments. 

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~ Let Your Creative Spirit Dance  ~

Until Next Time Happy Creating,         
    Karen Marie

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Ikea Rast Bar Cart

I have had the chance to participate in a challenge to create something different out of an Ikea Rast Dresser. This post is sponsored any and all opinions are my own. I did receive all of the materials I purchased from the sponsors for this post.  A few of the items mentioned are either scrap pile or separate purchases I had made previously. Both of these types of items I call my stash. Now that this business is out of the way lets get on with the creating.

  First I started out with the #OneBoardChallenge from +Sawdust and Embryos. I bought a board for seven dollars and built a tray. Which serves as the removable top of the bar cart.

 As you can see from this photo my Prince Charming was a hero and helped me with this build. I love using the Kreg Jig to make strong joints.

I am securing eight-foot board into the removable serving tray. Every inch of the board is in this tray. The handles are made out of the two last pieces of the board.

Creative Spark Link Party #40

Welcome to Week 40 of the Creative Spark Link Party! We know that you are constantly looking for inspiration and we wanted be able to provide a place for you to come for inspiration! So every Wednesday hop on over here to Creative Spark Wednesday where FOUR blogs (that's right, FOUR): Weekend Craft, My Paper Craze, Please Excuse the Craftermath, and Two Purple Couches, join together to feature projects, provide a place for bloggers to link up and a crafting/DIY hub of inspiration So what is a Link Party? It’s the perfect opportunity to share YOUR projects and gain inspiration from other crafters who are linking up their own! PLUS, as a bonus, when you enter your projects into the link up, you could have your project featured by one of our blogs! Each week, we all choose our own features to post up and show the world AND pin your project to our Party Pinterest Board! Be sure to follow along to get the latest and greatest features from the parties!

What have we been up to this week?

                 Dragonfly & Lily Pads Weekend Round Up of Bloggerland

Dragonfly & Lily Pads Weekend Round Up of Bloggerland

 Welcome to a new feature, "Dragonfly & Lily Pads Weekend Round Up of Bloggerland." I will be sharing what has been happening in Bloggerland during this month. I can't wait to show you what my Blogger friends have been busy creating. Did you see the progress I am making in my craft room the during #AHeapofChangeChallenge. When you see  the underlined words please click on the link go directly to that post. Do not worry you will still be able to come back the door is always open here.

Just in case you missed my Ikea Transformed Cabinet click here to see the Before and After. 

Look what my friend at Days of Chalk and Chocolate whipped up with her sewing scraps.  Valentine's Day Fabric Hearts all stitched to make a Tree of LOVE!